Title: Regrets
Author:
sequence_fairyRating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Giselle
Disclaimer: Not Mine
Notes: Written for the drabble challenge, 'I Should Have..." at
blackpearlsails Regrets
It’s dark, and her hair glows in the candle light, platinum against his ebony dreads. He strokes her hair gently, watching her sleep, a sated smile on her face. She’s beautiful by candlelight, and that’s not just the rum talking. He presses a gentle kiss to her forehead and slips out of the bed, dressing silently and casting one last glance at her sleeping form. “Ah, Giselle,” he murmurs, and she stirs, but settles back to sleep, “you should never have ended up like this. I should have looked after you…” Regret haunts his voice, and he steals quietly from the room, leaving a satchel of coins on the night table.